[ˈflɒrʊɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- used in conjunction with a specified period or set of dates to indicate when a particular historical figure lived, worked, or was most active


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin, literally ‘he or she flourished’, from florere ‘to flourish’

[ˈflɒrʊɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the period during which a historical figure lived or worked
(e.g: they place Nicander's floruit in the middle of the 2nd century BC)


Phrases:

Origin:
Latin, literally ‘he or she flourished’, from florere ‘to flourish’